- CA GPR 0129-0129.01-0129.01.11
- Item
- 1942 c.
Part of Betty Welter fonds
A military construction truck over-turned in the ditch beside the newly-constructed Alaska Highway.
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Part of Betty Welter fonds
A military construction truck over-turned in the ditch beside the newly-constructed Alaska Highway.
Part of Betty Welter fonds
The fonds consists of school memorabilia and paper artefacts from Betty’s childhood, building the Welter family home, and her volunteer activities; certificates and news clippings detailing Betty’s activities with the Canadian Red Cross, and a book of minutes from the Local Association (Mother’s Auxiliary) of Guides, Brownies and Rangers from 1965-1970; a writing portfolio of biographies of the Smart family and Jack Welter, as well as memories of incidents which happened in her childhood, her teenage years and years as a young wife including income tax forms from 1943-1973; a wide subject range of photographs, from local Grande Prairie scenes and people to the construction of the Alaska Highway; and research files containing material researched for the archives: Miller’s Taxi; Teen Town; and a publication "The Inside Track" which traces the history of Union Tractor which Betty's husband Jack worked for. An accrual in 2010 consists of plans and blueprints of the Welter house and their duplex.
Welter, Betty
Part of Betty Welter fonds
Forward view of bundle/hay sweep made by Jack Welter and Gerard Tissington from the Flying Shot Lake district. It had a hydraulic lift and was used for gathering bundles or loose hay.
Part of Betty Welter fonds
Side view of bundle/hay sweep made by Jack Welter and Gerard Tissington from the Flying Shot Lake district. It had a hydraulic lift and was used for gathering bundles or loose hay.
Part of Betty Welter fonds
Log cabins which made up the U.S. army camp near Dawson Creek during the building of the Alaska Highway.
Part of Betty Welter fonds
Caterpillar tractor and operator at work clearing land for the Alaska Highway.
Caterpillar Tractor Parade Float
Part of Betty Welter fonds
Pete Gammon, manager of Caterpillar Tractor, pushing a wheelbarrow in the Fair Day Parade in front of Rodacker's Garage.
Part of Betty Welter fonds
Part of Betty Welter fonds
Fire debris from the explosion of 60 tons of dynamite in Dawson Creek on Feb. 13, 1943.